Joy of Life: Me, the Second Prince? Summon Yuan Tiangang!

midair.

The horrific scene of the Snow Dragon Cavalry slaughtering the Imperial Guards, along with the earth-shattering battle cries, clearly reached Emperor Qing's ears.

When he saw his most elite imperial guards being slaughtered by that mysterious white cavalry in just half an hour, Emperor Qing's rock-solid imperial heart finally began to waver violently.

"No...this is impossible..."

Emperor Qing's body trembled slightly in mid-air, and for the first time, true panic and despair appeared in his deep eyes.

His proud schemes and his confidence in controlling the world were utterly shattered at this moment by Li Chengze's endless trump cards and the Snow Dragon Cavalry that descended like divine soldiers!

"Li Chengze! How did you do that?!" Emperor Qing suddenly turned his head, staring intently at Li Chengze opposite him, his voice hoarse like the roar of a wild beast.

Li Chengze stood quietly in the void, his golden aura becoming increasingly dazzling.

He looked down at the blood-soaked Great Snow Dragon Riders, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Then, he turned his gaze to the Emperor Qing, who was on the verge of collapse. The smile on his lips vanished completely, replaced by a cold indifference that looked down upon all living beings.

"Father, you don't need to know this."

Li Chengze slowly raised his right hand, and golden Heavenly Gang Inner Force gathered wildly in his palm. Under this terrifying power, the surrounding space actually began to show fine cracks.

"For your eternal ambition, for your elusive absolute control, you are willing to sacrifice anyone. Ye Qingmei is like that, Chen Pingping is like that, the Crown Prince is like that, and so is your son."

Li Chengze's voice was icy cold, as if it could freeze the wind and rain that filled the sky.

"But you've miscalculated one thing. Your subject is not someone you can easily manipulate. If you want to be the one playing the game, then your subject will overturn this chessboard!"

"Arrogant!"

Emperor Qing was so angry that he laughed. He knew that the situation had reached a point where it was a fight to the death.

The appearance of the Great Snow Dragon Rider completely cut off all his escape routes.

Only by killing Li Chengze can he regain control of the world!

"I am the chosen one of Heaven! My tyranny is unmatched! You think you can overturn my chessboard?!"

"Overbearing—annihilation!"

Emperor Qing let out a fierce roar, and he recklessly reversed the meridians in his body!

"boom!"

A surge of dark golden true energy, more than ten times more violent than before, erupted from Emperor Qing's body!

This true energy contained Emperor Qing's essence, lifespan, and his insane will to never accept defeat.

At this moment, Emperor Qing completely abandoned his defenses and concentrated all his power into this one attack.

He transformed into a dark golden sun, unleashing a terrifying pressure capable of destroying everything, and launched his final and most deadly charge towards Li Chengze!

This strike has surpassed the limits of a Grandmaster, reaching an unprecedentedly terrifying level!

Faced with Emperor Qing's desperate, all-or-nothing attack, Ku He, Si Gu Jian, Hong Si Yang, and the others below closed their eyes in despair.

They knew that with this attack, the entire Taiping Villa, and even everything within a radius of several miles, would be reduced to ashes.

However, Li Chengze remained completely unmoved in the face of this world-destroying power.

He simply watched the dark golden sun hurtling towards him and slowly uttered four words.

"Heavenly Gang—Return to One!"

"Buzz—!"

As Li Chengze finished speaking, the vast and boundless inner strength within him instantly contracted, concentrating entirely on his right index finger.

A golden light, so pure and dazzling it seemed to blind people, bloomed at his fingertips.

This golden light, though lacking the immense power of Emperor Qing's dark golden sun, possessed an absolute sharpness that could pierce through everything and annihilate all laws!

The next moment, Li Chengze pointed out with one finger.

"Sizzle!"

There was no earth-shattering roar, no violent and raging shockwave.

The golden light at Li Chengze's fingertips was like a red-hot steel needle piercing a block of butter, easily and without hindrance piercing through Emperor Qing's seemingly indestructible dark golden true energy defense.

"Pfft!"

A very faint muffled thud.

The golden light pierced Emperor Qing's brow with perfect precision.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

In mid-air, the raging, dark golden sun froze instantly, and then, like a punctured balloon, quickly dimmed and dissipated.

Emperor Qing's forward-rushing body suddenly froze in mid-air.

His eyes, which were originally filled with madness and murderous intent, gradually lost focus, becoming empty and blank.

A tiny hole between his brows, from which a single drop of bright red blood slowly seeped.

"This...how...is this possible..."

Emperor Qing's lips moved slightly, uttering an extremely faint, incredulous murmur.

He felt the life force rapidly draining from his body, and the domineering finger force that had completely destroyed his brain and meridians. An unprecedented sense of absurdity welled up in his heart.

He felt the life force rapidly draining from his body, and the domineering finger force that had completely destroyed his brain and meridians. An unprecedented sense of absurdity welled up in his heart.

He lost.

The defeat was so complete and so decisive.

His proud and domineering true energy, and his grandmaster realm that he had broken through and established himself, were all unable to withstand even a single move from Li Chengze's pure and ultimate Heavenly Gang Technique.

"Father, your domineering ways are ultimately lacking in purity."

Li Chengze slowly withdrew his finger, looking at the lifeless Emperor Qing, his tone calm and undisturbed.

"You are too greedy. You want the world and you want to be invincible. But the path of martial arts cannot tolerate any distractions. Your heart has long been corrupted by the desire for power."

Emperor Qing stared intently at Li Chengze, as if he wanted to etch his son's face into the depths of his soul forever.

A complex and tragic smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

"Good...good...my son...as expected...surpasses his master..."

With that final sigh, the light in Emperor Qing's eyes went out completely.

His body, having lost all its strength, plummeted from mid-air like a kite with a broken string.

"Bang!"

The once mighty and supreme ruler of Nanqing, the most unfathomable of the four great masters in the world, Emperor Qing, crashed heavily into the ruins of Taiping Villa, which were filled with mud and blood, splashing up a cloud of murky water.

Dead silence.

A deathly silence.

Apart from the sounds of wind and rain, there was no other sound in the entire Taiping Villa.

Ku He stared blankly at Emperor Qing's corpse, his mind a complete blank.

Si Gu Jian's mouth was agape, completely unaware of the blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Hong Siyang's knees buckled, and he collapsed to his knees in the muddy water, tears streaming down his face, letting out a desperate and mournful wail: "Your Majesty—!!!"